And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.
And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:
If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.
These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.
So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.
The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:
In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.
So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.
So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.
So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.
And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.
And Balak made offerings of oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam and the chiefs who were with him.
And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.
So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?
So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.
Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.
They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,
Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.
And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,
Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,
So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it; they made their offering before the altar.
Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings; these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.
And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.
These were the offerings given for the altar by the chiefs of Israel, when the holy oil was put on it: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold spoons;
Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness.
To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.
Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.
Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
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